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race and culture, in literature
questions to ask about literature
raise, rise
ratios, colon with
reader-responsible languages
readers. See peer reviewers
reading. See active reading
reading activities, for improving English (multilingual writers)
reading while listening
strategies for improving your academic English
real, really
adjective vs. adverb
usage note
real-time communication. See synchronous communication
reasoning. See also argument papers
analogies
assumptions
cause and effect
deductive
inductive
testing inductive reasoning
logical fallacies. See logical fallacies
weighing options
reason . . . is because (nonstandard)
reason why (nonstandard)
reciprocal pronouns (one another etc.)
red herring fallacy
redundancy. See repetition
reference list (APA)
directory to APA reference list models
in business
in criminal justice and criminology
in education
formatting
general guidelines for the APA reference list
in nursing
in psychology
sample APA reference lists
sample reference list, business (Spencer; APA)
sample reference list, education (Gibson; APA)
sample reference list, nursing (Riss; APA)
sample reference list, psychology (Mirano; APA)
sample reference list, psychology (Charat; APA)
reference list (CSE)
directory to CSE reference list models
sample reference list (Martin; CSE)
sample reference list (Johnson/Arnold; CSE)
citation-name system
in biological sciences
formatting
overview
citation-sequence system
formatting
overview
name-year system
formatting
overview
reference list (USGS), in engineering
sample reference list, engineering (O’Bryan; USGS)
reference of pronouns. See pronoun reference
reflective writing
in education
sample reflective essay, education (Gibson; APA)
literacy narrative
sample literacy narrative, with peer review comments (Nguyen; MLA)
sample literacy narrative (Nguyen; MLA)
writing guide: literacy narrative
in nursing
for portfolio
sample cover letter for a portfolio
writing guide: reflective letter for a portfolio
reflexive pronouns (herself, yourselves, etc.)
regional expressions (dialect)
regular verbs
defined
ed endings
s forms of
relation, relationship
relative adverbs
not repeating in adjective clauses
defined
relative clauses. See subordinate clauses; relative pronouns
relative pronouns
not repeating in adjective clauses
defined
in noun clauses
understood
verb agreement
who, whom
style note: reducing relative clauses
remixing. See also revising
remixing a multimodal project
remixing a paper for a presentation
writing prompt: remixing a paper as an oral presentation
repetition
of function words, for parallelism
of key words, for coherence
of nouns and pronouns, unnecessary
of objects or adverbs, unnecessary
in speeches and presentations
unnecessary
ideas
nouns and pronouns
objects or adverbs
words
multilingual tip: repeated objects or adverbs
multilingual tip: double subjects and other repetition
report
in biology, lab report
sample lab report, botany (Johnson/Arnold; CSE)
in business
sample business report (Spencer; APA)
in criminal justice and criminology
sample administrative report, criminal justice (Thompson; APA)
in engineering
laboratory report
progress report
technical report
reposted source, MLA citation of
requests, subjunctive mood for
researching
asking research questions
challenging
focused
grounded
as entry points
avoiding plagiarism
documentation styles
evaluating sources
field research
managing information
managing a research project
proposing a research project
search strategy
tips for smart searching
selecting sources
thinking like a researcher
working bibliography
information to collect for a working bibliography
writing prompt: managing the project
writing prompt: mapping out a search strategy
writing prompt: posing research questions worth exploring
research paper
in biological sciences
in criminal justice and criminology
in education
in history
sample research essay, history (Benjamin; Chicago)
sample research essay, history (Bishop; Chicago)
in nursing
process
in psychology
research process, highlights
research proposal
in biological sciences
writing a proposal
writing prompt: writing a research proposal
respect for peers, in class discussions
respectfully, respectively
response papers. See analysis papers
restrictive (essential) elements, no commas
résumés
sample scannable résumé
sample traditional résumé
sample Web résumé
review
of books, in history
of concert, in music
sample concert review (Houston; MLA)
of instructional materials, in education
in nursing
review of the literature
in biology
sample literature review, biology (Martin; CSE)
in psychology
sample literature review, psychology (Charat; APA)
sample literature review, psychology (Mirano; APA)
sample psychology assignment
as research source
reviewers. See peer reviewers
revising. See also remixing
cycles of
editing
global revisions
checklist for global revision
sample global revisions
of multimodal projects
editing multimodal compositions
proofreading
remixing as strategy for multimodal projects
sentence revisions
sample sentence-level revisions
strategies for
of thesis
using instructor’s or peers’ comments. See peer reviewers
of Web site project
writing prompt: revising a thesis
writing prompt: revising an introduction
writing prompt: revising a conclusion
writing prompt: learning about revision from other writers
writing prompt: drafting and revising an analytical thesis
writing prompt: drafting and revising an analytical thesis for an image or a multimodal text
writing prompt: revising a presentation
revising with comments. See also peer reviewers
“Be specific”
“Cite your sources”
“Consider opposing viewpoints”
“Develop more”
“More than one point in this paragraph”
“Narrow your introduction”
“Summarize less, analyze more”
“Unclear thesis”
writing prompt: using reviewers’ comments
rise, raise
root (stem) words
rules (lines) in text, document design
running head, APA style
formatting
sample running head (Mirano; APA)
on title page
run-on sentences
quick help: run-on sentences
recognizing run-on sentences
overview
revising run-on sentences
revising with colon or dash
revising with comma and coordinating conjunction
revising by making two sentences
revising by subordination
revising with semicolon